Meet EUGENE and LOUISE - WORKING on SUNDAYS due to poverty - ZIMBABWE

Eugene and Louise work even on Sundays to be able to make the ends meet. They are willing to relocate if somebody can offer them a job.

 Hi folks, we are here here with Yuguni and Louis who are uh from Zimbabwe and living here in kind of rural Zimbabwe, right? Guys, how is life? Life is bit difficult as like what you see as we're coming from work. We start at 8, we finish at 5 and as you know as today Sunday we're supposed to be at off but we forced to go work like we know because of poverty. So we can just do what the boss is saying. See, and uh because of pressure of uh family affairs, you know, and the school things and less of jobs. Yeah. So you can just do that. So you work like six days a week. Yes. Or something like that. What do you do boys? Well, guys, now we are part of the building. Team building. Building. Yes. All right. Oh, ready. building building sites. Yes, we are doing building. We trying to make a you know like uh like a what do you call it? Bio gas. That's a bio gas. Trying to fix it's a biogas so that we can make biogas right. Our own biogas. Yes. Using the Oh, right. So there will be bio gas in Zimbabwe. Yes. From from under the ground. Yes. And there Yes. And there's biogas and and you're doing the the the the holes. Yes, we're doing the holes. So, we're expecting next year the thing start running. Next year the bio gas start running. Yes. Yes. You're expecting this will happen next year that that's is that already happening in Zimbabwe? Yeah. They had there's four there. So, we are trying to cope from that side. So, there are already some running. Yes. And it's the biogas is something happening here in Zimbabwe. Yes, it's running so far. And what what what kind of benefits it does? It gives that you're going to have gas. Gas. Cooking gas. Cooking gas. Yes. Like you could cook on the on the gas on that gas. Yes. Is that being already supplied to Zimbabweans? No. It's like we are building the item. There's some tank and there's some holes. Then we take the waste from the animals. Especially if you got cows, pigs, uh sheeps, you know. So we just take that she that sheet to the tanks then uh with with water and the what that's get in there the fermentation of that water. Okay. They produce biogas. All right. Yeah, I've heard about that. And there's more and more plants like that growing in Zimbabwe. And and have you already built one or this is your first one? No, there's there's three. There's three already. Yes. Yes. I see. So far there's three. Yeah. And they are working. Oh, I see. Cool. That's a good thing because it's like recycling. That is the waste. Yes. The waste. Exactly. Boys, uh, what music do you like? As Louis tell, what music do you like? John Williams. Yeah. Which one? Don Williams. J Williams. Yeah. Country music. Is that Zimbabwean? Yeah, I know he's Zimbabwe. He's not. Yeah. All right. And you? And you? I enjoy Grigo Isaac's. Which one? Gigor Isaac's. It's a Jamaica. Jamaican music. Dance hall. And dance hall. Yes. Yeah. It's big. Dance hall is big in Zimbabwe. I see. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. What about the local artists? Yeah. I'm interested with the late Olivi. Olivi. Yeah. This is one thing I want to see Oliver Mutsukuzi place in in Norton. Yeah, this place in Norton. Yes. Yeah, I know Oliver Mutsukuzi and I really wanted to to to go to the museum he set up here near in Norton. Yes. And leaving his legacy. He built a place so you can socialize. Young artists can come and perform. Yes. He left a legacy that man. Yeah. Amazing guitarist and self-taught guitarist from where was he from? from Harare. Yeah, he was from Dar. No, he was from Northern, wasn't he? He just The place was the northern Parai. They call it Parie. It's not. But his home place is Mount Darwin, right? Yes. Oh, right. Right. M Darwin close to Mozambique. Oh, towards the Mozambique that that close to Mozambique. I see. And the language the languages was not proper. He speaks like Cororey. Oh, I didn't know Muki speaks cor it wasn't even so is Kore like like uh something there's more mozzambique influence there cor but it was his sha he was sha from the corore so yes 100% sha 100% sha but yes but spoke the the the slightly different different dialect how what's what the what other uh you know parts in the language was that the the kodaka how different it is from sha proper sha it's a great different because like the way they explain error the way they explain error they they put they drag it like you see that's the there's a trick cuz I myself I can say seuru then you can say kuru you know it's it's a bit fast you know you get what I mean that's the difference but the the word will be the But the explanation now the diva. So they use the the the the red the stronger like the South African they have the Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. All right. Great. Yeah. Guys, watch my vlogs and I'm I'm sure before I leave Zimbabwe, I'll be able to to travel to to that place. Yes. uh the the the Pakora center that Oliver Mutsuk is set up for for for Zimbabwes to to enjoy his music and the upcoming uh new new new new you guys can perform there as well. I have I don't know if is there's live music every night, every Saturday there will be something going. Yes, there's something going on there. Tonight there will be something going on in Pakora. I hope I I make sure I'm I'll be there uh next next Saturday. Definitely. Yes. Yes, I would like I like to I would like to see Nishhatis. Nishhatis, you know, is my favorite Zimbabwan artist

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Where she's from? Far away. Not far away from here. Not far away. If you get to Har I think from Har to something like 28ks 28ks. Yeah. Plus she's well known artist. So if you ask there he'll show you where she is. You reckon? Yeah. Wow. That's a good idea. Yeah. I I need to do that. Yeah. Get around and because we already had a prominent vlogger. I don't know if you know but there's a we had a collaboration with a prominent vlogger from Bulwayo area but she's based in Hara. She came here. Okay. Uh Tandi Ma Macha famous Zimbabwan vlogger Tandiva from South Zimbabwe. She is coming and we will have a chat with her. Folks, we are here with Tande Masheka. Look how popular she is among Zimbabweans. She really made it. Let's get to know how, you know, being in the middle of the bush without electricity in an African village, you can still be a YouTuber and provide really, really good content for us to see. Let's meet Sandy. Hello guys, how are you doing? [crying] My name is

roughly I'm just saying my name. I'm the FL girl. Okay. Yeah, she's a rural. She shows the rural life. So a lot of actually you know people from outside Zimbabwe wants to see African way of life you know watch her and and her village uh and her her life how she fetches the water and the issues you know but she still manages to to have a video channel YouTube channel and and and create great content showing to the world that the the daily routines they have you know it's very interesting and she's a great person personality as well I encourage enourage you to to look for her. Okay. Online. Okay. Yeah. We came to that bush and had a conversation there. Okay. It's really nice. Uh all right, boys. Uh what what literature do you like? You know, books, anything like that? Films, your hobbies? I like myself. I I like fishing. You like fishing? Fishing. Yeah, that's my hobby. Fishing is my hobby. And you fish on the on the lake? Yes. On the lake on on on on this lake here. Yeah. So many legs. Yeah. Got we got Dendo Dam, we got Lake, you see? And we've got some the plows there where the farms they use. They have farms. There's some dams there. So you can go there and do try to do fishing like bus fishing here in the lake. You can get bas. Yeah. I've had some fish already from the lake. Beautiful. Small but tasty. Yeah, there we've got nuts in some other dams like where farms used to be, you know, they used to keep uh rausta bass and bottle fish about fish. No. Well, I've had I've had some people mentioning what is it? The bottle fish is just a big fish. It's got a long nose and everybody wants is the biggest fish in the lake. Oh, we've got tiger fish, you know. It's quite big again. We've got catfish. This was big fish. They still around because I've had the car died out and a lot of fish died out. Yeah, they are they still there but you know because they if they if they deceased so but they they won't finish them all. You know they're catching them but they still there. All right. They they still there but I hear the water is quite dirty at the moment. Yes. Because for the meantime they've stopped doing fishing in there because they're saying that the water is not good. this contaminated water. So the looking and search how are we going to see the water it's cleared for people to start fishing there. All right. So you clearing up the water and uh I won't keep you long because it's getting dark and you probably want to get home. I saw you carrying firewood. Uh is that for your fire today? The the the firewood? No, it's just for myself. Yeah, it's for my fire. We have imag like if we run out of gas you can use firewood and that's the that's the advantage of us cuz we got natural resources we can use trees you know. Exactly. And you don't really need much. I see just a small log like that and that will give you enough of for me to get my sappa and yeah I know that the skills you Zimbabwans have. I don't know about all Africans, but I see you cooking and making fire. But yeah, I don't really see it much because I'm just around here. But now in the rural areas, that's way of life. Yes. And it's convenient and is is the way it is. Yes. Yes. Yes. And uh what's your favorite movies? Like I myself um myself, my favorite movie is um Stallion. It's Sylvester Stalin. Sylvester Stallone. Yes. He did good to me. Yes. When he when he when when he when when he's when he when he was when his men on the mission and when the ends of that after the fight done h and he just jump in in the water and he raises up the hands and there's the last word he said. I cannot remember the word. Rambo you talking?

can't remember. Yeah. But yeah, he is a great actor. I love his films as well. The best one is like he is the it's a comedy that he comes back with supernatural powers. Yeah. I don't know which you've seen. It's a funny I forgot the the title of it, but yeah, he's like supernatural powers and he he deals with with with with matters and it's quite funny. Yes, he's like coming coming back from different time. They kind of get him back. I don't know. No, he's rings a bell. Yeah. Do you have like a Zimbabwean uh movies and vlogs? I mean, watch Zimbabwan movies. You got national TV, right? Yes. Um, Kapuki, you know Kapi? Kapi. Kapuki. No. What's that? That's Kapub. We call him Kapi. We call him Kapub. You ask people, right? He's an act actor. Yes. He's an actor and he he takes part in many many movies. Yes. Yes. Yes. Kap good. Yeah. He did good things. Yeah. You know, if you're sitting with your family, Yeah. You can enjoy know even paraffin you see with his jokes and the like. Yeah. And are they in English in the sha the sha but there will be subtitle obviously they often subtitle into English for the Yeah. You can Yes. Yes. Yes. Right. What's his name? That's Paraffin and Kapuki. Kaparafin and Kapugi is his name. Kapugi is the other guy and Parafin is the other guy. Oh and Kapugi is the two great Zimbabwan actors. Yeah. Yes. Yes. Uh place in many many many movies. Zimbabwean movies. Yes. Right. And how many channels TV channels do you get in in Zimbabwe? How many is it? BBC and what? BBC

said Disney. Three channels. Two channels. I can I just know Disney. Do you watch sometimes ti the national day? You know it's it's it's it's nowadays with this slight dishes you know SABC you know people they're just interested to just watch outside things you know internet and and things is bigger than than TV it's not being used mainly mainly go quite hard do you get it can you get it just what kind of antenna do you have to have to get TV this TV antenna dig digital digital have uh TV antenna, the small antennas, electric antennas, and you can get the the signal. Yes. Quite easily. It's accessible. You pay the money, then they give you the you pay the money and then you can able to to to buy some channels from them. Oh, you have to pay the money first. It's not like you get from an antenna. No, no, no, no. You have to pay the money first. You pay the money first and then you get the and people All right. All right. I see. You've got to pay the money first and it's like a sky TV but you get the there's nothing coming like from the air that you can touch. Okay. no digital TV because I mean in Europe this the can catch signal from from the air you know with an antenna digital antenna and you get channels on your on your TV for like yeah you don't I mean yeah they have a code you have to put the code or something but so I'm surprised there's no such a thing now in Zimbabwe but I might be wrong uh yeah I'm just checking you know you know how how it is in Zimbabwe these days well guys you know thanks a Is there anything else you would like to add to the to the interview? I mean u you know you can you can leave your contact you can give us your contact. Yeah give you I mean if you want you know people from from from my channel to contact you you know like maybe there are jobs going or something like that. You may uh leave your like Facebook or or something you know or your number. Yeah, you can leave leave it leave it all on or here now number my number is 0778

Hold on. Say that again. 0778 0778 660 2000 2000 is the number you Yes. A very nice man from uh just outside Har near the lake Cha and you my friend Louis Louis you want to leave your your details I mean contact numbers if somebody wants to contact you 078 33 33 18 18 352 352 Yeah. Okie dokie. Right. Well, you have a nice evening. I wish you all the best. I mean is there any particular jobs you're looking for you know what what jobs would you like and and kind of where like a nice operator machine operator yes a machine operator could be Poland could be anywhere. Yeah anywhere you you you are able to travel uh if if if needed you can relocate. Yes. A machine operator. Are you Louis? Yeah. I'm a bed trainer. That's what you want to be? Yeah. Which one? Bed trainer. Bed trainer. Yeah. Wildlife management. Yeah. Which management? Bed. Wildlife management. Bird. Yeah. Bird or wild wildlife bed management. Right. We train bed. Bird. Yeah. Right. There's a lot of birds here. So that's how you you learn that to to deal with the birds cuz you live here the area where there's like a lot of birds around the lake. What birds can you handle? That's a umbrella coat. African hawk ego.

African fish eagle. Air eagle. Vulture warbeck eagle

crown eagles African go eagle lizard bazard jacko bazard

and many more. All right. And thank you. Somebody's got the job. uh with with that kind of birds, Louis is the person to contact. And I do encourage you to subscribe, like and comment to my channel. Uh and I see you on the next one. Till then, stay safe. Che. Hello, this is Hello Vlogger. Zupa. Welcome to the new series from Africa, Zimbabwe. I have 3 weeks to travel around this country. The size of Zimbabwe is about the size of the UK, but it's only inhabited by 14 million people. 80% of that population is Shauna tribe and we will look closely at them. We will look at their oral traditions, music, food and of course night life. Snaf tobacco is a big part of Shaa culture. I had the experience to use it myself. Find out if I've connected with my ancestors. Ancestors totems and spirituality is a big thing in Sha culture. So is the music. A traditional instrument called Mira serves as the telephone to the spirits. Their has been estimated to exist in Shauna society for the past thousand years. It is a mystical instrument full of tradition and history. The repatory dates itself back many centuries and it's only passed down orally. I was very fortunate to meet the right people who explained to me complicated history of this region. Zimbabwan street food is amazing. and watch the episode where I eat chicken and cow feed at Lake Chiver. I've met Gary who shown me his birds and told me interesting history of his Dutch side of the family. I've also met Ian Darl and Alex whose stories were as incredible. Make sure you watch the interviews I've had with them. Also definitely watch the episode about the Johan Masawa church which is a phenomena of Zimbabwan church. It is a church without a church. Yes, they pray in nature. 30% of Zimbabwean territories covered with national parks or protected areas. Animals are protected by the common belief of totems. But it is the people of Zimbabwe that made the biggest impression on me. They were very kind and helpful and I never felt unsafe. Subscribe to the channel and watch the series from Africa. [singing and music]

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